This course aims to provide teacher candidates with teaching listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar activities appropriate to the cognitive and social development of young learners, developing materials to be used when teaching these skills and applying them in class.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture, class discussion, research from different sources, lesson plan preparation, lesson presentation
Principle Sources
Alptekin, C. Erçetin, G., Bayyurt, Y. (2007). Theeffectiveness of a theme-basedsyllabusforyoung L2 Learners.Journal of MultilingualandMulticultural Development. 28(1), s. 1-17
Bourke, J.M. (2006). Designing a topic-basedsyllabusforyounglearners. ELT Journal. 60(3). s. 279-286
Cameron, L. (2001). TeachingLanguagestoYoungLearners. Cambridge: Cambridge UniversityPress
Walsh, S. (2006). Investigating Classroom Discourse. Routledge
Other Sources
Willis, D., Willis, J. (2007). Doing task-based teaching. Oxford: OUP.
Hedge, T. (2000). Teaching and learning in the language classroom. Oxford: OUP.
Nunan, D. (1989). Designing tasks for the communicative classroom. Cambridge: CUP.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Course information and expectations
2. Week
Speaking and listening with support
3. Week
Speaking and listening more freely
4. Week
Reading in English
5. Week
Reading and telling stories, Lesson Presentations
6. Week
Story activities
7. Week
Controlled writing activities
8. Week
Midterm Exam
9. Week
Free writing activities
10. Week
Teaching vocabulary
11. Week
Teaching grammar
12. Week
Learning to learn
13. Week
Material evaluation
14. Week
Assessment
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Understand English phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics at advanced level.
PO-2
Define the contemporary language learning theories.
PO-3
Identify different language learning purposes for various levels.
PO-4
Recognize appropriate teaching methods, techniques and strategies for specific purposes.
PO-5
Develop skills in listening, speaking and writing for helping learners of English to use language appropriately and comprehensibly.
PO-6
Design professional applications for teaching the English language.
PO-7
Apply professional assesment tools and methods.
PO-8
Determine the problems and solutions at the ELT classroom settings.
PO-9
Comprehend the importance of lifelong learning strategies.
PO-10
Practice classroom management skills.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Students will be able to prepare and use appropriate materials for teaching foreign language skills to young learners.
LO-2
Students will be able to prepare appropriate vocabulary and grammar activities for teaching English to young learners.
LO-3
Students will be able to prepare appropriate writing activities for teaching English to young learners.
LO-4
Students will be able to prepare appropriate reading activities for teaching English to young learners.
LO-5
Students will be able to prepare appropriate speaking and listening activities for teaching English to young learners.
